Spotlight on Art Materials

BRUSH SETS
From compact travel brushes in leather-style pouches and practical starter sets to artist-curated selections, Jackson's Art brush sets cater to all painting techniques and are an affordable way to expand your collection.

BRUSHES

Their extensive range of over 4000 brushes caters for all painting techniques, from oil and acrylic to watercolour and ink. Choose from some of the finest brands available, including Da Vinci, Escoda, Isabey, Jackson’s, Princeton, Pro Arte, Raphäel, and Silver Brush.

BRUSH HAIR
Choosing the right brush hair is essential for any painter. While natural hair for watercolour and oil is still popular, advances in filament technology mean synthetic brushes can replicate the benefits of traditional brushes and are often more suited to modern techniques such as acrylic painting.

BRUSH SHAPES
There are a variety of different brush shapes available, each with its own advantages. Pointed round brushes are popular for detail, while flat brushes are ideal for bold lines and filling large areas. Specialised shapes can be used for creating texture and expressive mark-making.

BRUSH HAIR
Choosing the right brush hair is essential for any painter. While natural hair for watercolour and oil is still popular, advances in filament technology mean synthetic brushes can replicate the benefits of traditional brushes and are often more suited to modern techniques such as acrylic painting.

BRUSH SHAPES
There are a variety of different brush shapes available, each with its own advantages. Pointed round brushes are popular for detail, while flat brushes are ideal for bold lines and filling large areas. Specialised shapes can be used for creating texture and expressive mark-making.

Neo art 6901 Oil Pastels glide smoothly, blend beautifully, and offer exceptional lightfastness.

With superb covering power, Pablo pencils can be used on textured paper, card, and wood panels.

CARAN D'ACHE

Established in Geneva in 1915, Caran d’Ache are renowned for their high quality Swiss-made drawing and writing tools. Celebrated by generations of artists and designers from Pablo Picasso to Paul Smith, the range includes the exceptional Museum Aquarelle and Luminance Colour Pencil ranges, as well as Neocolor Pastels, Pablo Pencils, and the Neoart 6901 Oil Pastel collection.

Museum Aquarelle contain concentrated pigment for rich colour with superb water-solubility.

Supracolor Soft Highly pigmented watersoluble pencils with soft cores that produce rich, lightfast colours.

Highly lightfast, Luminance 6901 are ideal for subtle blending, gradation, and shading.

These premium pastel pencils have a powdery texture for balanced shading and intricate detail.

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Neocolor 1 Versatile, water-resistant wax pastels for a range of techniques, including encaustic painting.

Neocolor 11 Watersoluble wax-based pastels with a soft, velvety texture suitable for dry and wet techniques.

Screen printing is a versatile printmaking method where ink is pushed through a mesh screen using a squeegee, with a stencil blocking areas to form the image. Each colour is normally printed in separate layers to build up the final design.

PRINTMAKING

Whether you prefer linocut, woodblock, screen printing, etching, or monotype, Jackson's Art have everything required for the professional printmaker and those who want to explore this timeless medium.
Along with classic brands such as Cranfield, Charbonnel, and Speedball, we also offer high quality printmaking products from Lawrence, Rohrer & Klingner, and Hanco.

Relief carving is a printmaking process where you cut away unprinted areas, roll ink onto the raised surface, and print onto paper, card, or fabric. Lino printing uses linoleum, which is easy to carve, for clean, bold marks.

Etching and Intaglio are timeless techniques that typically involve a design being incised into a metal plate, which is then inked to create atmospheric tonal prints, printed under pressure onto paper.

Mokuhanga is the Japanese term for woodblock printing, characterised by its use of handmade tools and natural materials, as well as its sense of tradition and timeless aesthetic.

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